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Oil bottle with ornamental borders and flowers
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Oil bottle with ornamental borders and flowers

anonymous · c. 1100 - c. 1200 · turning; vitrification; slibtechniek; engraving; fired; stoneware; glaze

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Oil flask of stoneware with a pressed globular body and short, spreading neck, covered with a white and black slip and a green glaze. On the belly various incised decorative bands, one with four loose flowers. The incised decoration is filled with white and black slip (sanggam technique). Celadon.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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oliefles
Credit lineOil bottle with ornamental borders and flowers. c. 1100 - c. 1200. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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